Through memoirs of these novels, various universal themes are seen. Although the writers are from multicultural society, these themes apply to anyone irrespective of geographical locations or cultural differences. A theme such as that of racism has interconnectedness in all three books. This is well detailed by the writers for the readers to easily capture. Love is another universal theme that can be related to all people from different cultures. In every society, love plays a great role among community members as illustrated by these books.
The novel Ceremony by Leslie Silko narrates a character named Tayo. Tayo is a World War II Veteran faced with the problem of finding himself. This Native American finds himself in a tussle to adjust to a world in which his own people fight amid the “whites” considered the true path and the right path that his culture presumes. The author of the novel shows the struggle of Tayo’s of finding his own path and compare it to that of other Native American’s fight in finding their own path too. At the start of the book, Tayo is in bed and war is going over in his mind. He recalls the resemblance he has with the Japanese and most particular the color of the skin. What worries Tayo is why he is killing people who have similar resemblance to…show more content… Tayo critical view of the white culture is emanating from the differences in warfare of the traditional Laguna and that of the white. The Laguna warriors had knowledge of when they kill their enemy due to the fact that they could see the body. The invention of nuclear weapons by the whites means that millions of people could be killed from distance away. This is the possible reason as to the way the old ceremonies can’t work anymore. Although Tayo doesn’t use his own hands to kill even a single enemy, the feeling of guilt is with him as he feels responsible for the death of thousands of people that he even never
